Page A2 — Terrace Standard, Wednesday, January 15, 1992 First one overturned Band to vote once more TERRACE — Kitamaat Village voters go to the polls Jan. 21 to select a new chief councillor. The election of Gerald Amos to the position May 1991 was Overturned and the results declared invalid last month after an investigation found that one of the voters didn’t live within the village boundaries, That’s. important because Ames — who would have begun a third two-year term — and challenger Albert Robinson tied at 108 votes. Amos was declared elected in that May 1991 election after the électoral officer placed both names in a hat and drew his out. Indian and Northern Affairs official Gerry Cook said Robin- _ son then challenged the election © based on the residency status of three people. “One didn’t vote, one did live on the reserve and the third definitely lived off the reserve,” said Cook, Federal Indian Act regula- tions require that voters in band council elections live within reserve boundaries. There are provisions for bands to develop their own voting. regulations - but that hasn't occurred at Kitamaat Officers charge two men for pit lamping offence TERRACE — A Kitimat spor- ting goods store owner has been charged with pit-lamping. Frederick Schooley, owner of Schooley Sports, was charged Dec, 31 with night hunting with the aid of a light — known as pit-lamping — in connection with a Nov. 11 decoy sting operation run by local conserva- tion officers. Also charged is Kitimat resi- dent Dante Massari. Conservation officers obsery- ed hunters: firing at remote- controlled mechanical decoys of deer and moose during the sting. ; District conservation officer Peter Kalina said an additional charge was laid against Schooley for hunting big game with .22 calibre rimfire car- tridges. The two are to appear in Kitimat court Feb. 11. Kalina said the Noy. 11 weekend sting was carried cut in response to numerous com- plaints from the public about — night hunters. “We had increasing numbers: of calls in the last hunting season about night hunting ac- tivities,”’ he said. “There seems to be no hesitation among cer- tain hunters to even consider the laws involving night hunting or the conservation of the Tesource,”’ Frequently, he says, the of: fences take place in the period around or just after sunset, He said some hunters, while driving home from a day of otherwise iegai hunting, spot an animal and “‘seize the moment,’’ Kalina said night hunting threatens to seriously hurt game populations in certain parts of the region, "Unless we see a change in the attitudes of the people who are inclined to do this we are go- ing to continue our efforts,’ he said. He said he’s also concerned about moose poaching this winter, noting that at least 34 moose have been shot since hunting season ended, ‘It concerns me to see this many moose (poached) this year considering we haven’t seen any extraordinary winter weather conditions or large amounts of snow,’’ Kalina said. He said if normal amounts of snow begin to fall in the area, making the animals more vulnerable to poachers, the situation could grow worse. AIR POLLUTION Fn Your Lung Association THIS iS FIGHTING THE WAR ON Village, said Cook. . Nominations for the chief councillor were hejd Jan.-14, In the 27 years I’ve been in the department, this is a first for me," said Cook of the election being overturned. The election was overturned through an order-in-council signed by federal cabinet ministers under the authority of the Indian Act. Speaking last week, before last night's nomination meeting, Amos said he was leaning toward running. , ’ “My initial gut reaction was not to run,” he said. ‘But there's a real need for some in- ’, formed leadership in the area at this time.”’ Robinson attacked Amos’ running of the village’s finances, pledging to cut the ac- cumulated deficit. Amos called the overturning of the election unfair, saying it ‘went against the wishes of the community, Kitamaat Village residents had earlier voted, he said, to allow people on the band list who live off reserve to vote in elections. Amos said some 150 Haisla live outside the village because there of a housing shor- tage he blames on the Depart- ment of Indian Affairs. “People have to live where the accommodation is available,’ Amos said. '‘As far’ as I’m concerned, they’re nor- - mally .residents here. But so- meone sitting behind a desk in Ottawa decides otherwise.”’ ALCOHOL CAN IMPAIR A DRIVER’S REACTION TIME. 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